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A star of apparent magnitude 13.0 lies 600 pc from Earth.

If interstellar absorption results in an average extinction of 2.0 mag/kpc, calculate the stars absolute magnitude and lumin

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We have the following relation between ma M = 5loga - 5 ma apparent ma Average magnitu Mi absolute magnitude 2 mg/kpe have ex

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